Over the last few decades, the five-reel slot machine have become the industry standard.  However, a few intrepid game designers have been experimenting with six-reel slots and have found that they offer Springbok Casino no deposit bonus codes players more opportunities for wins and bonus games than ever.

Six Reel Slots

Six reel slots are featured at select casinos where they give players who want a more interactive slots game a chance to shake things up a bit.  They are unconventional because, instead of operating on the traditional three or five reels, they operate on six reels.  Payouts are either 3x6 or 4x6.  Some six reel slots have staggered reels.

Six reel slots generally have the highest number of paylines – a hundred or more. In six reel slots, instead of hitting conventional paylines, you win when you match symbols on the reels.

Some of the industry’s best six-reel slot machines include:

Lucky 6

Lucky 6 features six reels and 10 pay-lines. This video slot displays Lucky and a variety of lucky charms. The slot’s six reels are set on a bulletin board against a green hills backdrop where cartoony Lucky characters frolic. Irish music plays in the background as the reels spin.

Bets range from 0.10 to 50. There’s an "Autoplay" option so you can turn the reels automatically and a "Speed" setting which speeds up the spinning of the reels.

The Wild symbol in the game Rainbow symbol which emerges on the second, third, fourth and fifth reels. Wins achieved with a Wild double the payout. Six scatters – “L”, “U”, “C”, “K”, “Y”, and the number “6” -- display, scattered in various positions on the reels. Scatter wins are multiplied by the total bet. Four or more scatters trigger the Lucky 6 Bonus.  

In the free spins game, if you get 8 spins, all prizes will be doubled. If L and U or Y and 6 appear on the same line, extra grouped Wilds are added to reels 3 and 4. Other symbol combinations result in more wilds and bigger multipliers. Five scatters on a regular game spin delivers 12 spins plus the appearance of grouped wilds on the third and fourth reels.

Six scatters on a regular game spin awards you 25 spins with multiplied payouts and grouped wilds. The ultimate achievement is a LUCKY6 combination – that presents you with Wild reels 3 and 4 and mega groups Wilds plus the Pot of Gold Wild on reels 2 and 5 for a x5 multiplier. 

Richie Valens La Bamba

The Richie Valens slot game takes us back to the ‘50s when Valens electrified the rock world of the day with his smooth voice and clean, good looks. Valens, who died in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly and “Big Bopper” J. P. Richardson has now inspired a six-reel RTG slot game that immortalizes Valens’ contribution to early rock-and-roll culture.

Symbols on the reels include record players, concert tickets and signed photos and the game elements feature expanding wilds, multipliers and free spins their own wild symbols.

The game action takes place in a classic American diner, complete with red vinyl seats, a black and white checked floor and cola drink ads plastered on the walls. The spin button is a record player and other game controls looks like they’re part of a jukebox. the rest are made to look like they are part of a jukebox. Symbols are highly realistic. Everything is accompanied by Valens’ legendary song “La Bamba” along with other classic ‘50s tunes.

Rockin’ Reels

In the Rockin’ Reels six-reel only slot, the reels are rocking to the All Ways Pays (AWP) action where 3 or more of any symbol, in any positions on adjacent reels, pay out a prize.  The Rockin’ Reels is another retro slot with symbols such as an old-fashioned radio, photos of Richie Valens, an autography book and more. Each of these symbols is worth 3 coins when it appears on 3 reels and the payouts explode to more than 100 coins when six symbols emerge on all six reels.

The shoes and record player are valued at a maximum of 200 coins while a 1950’s style TV can go as high as 250 coins. In addition to the high-payout guitar, the Ritchie Valens badge is valued at between 50 and 1,000 coins, depending on how many symbols emerge on adjacent reels.

Richie Valens turns up on the second, third, fourth and fifth reels as the Wild symbol. That symbol substitutes for all other symbols if it fills in the gaps in a sequence of matching symbols across the reels. The Richie Valens symbol is an expanding wild and payouts are doubled whenever the symbol completes a combination.

Whenever the record scatter symbol displays on the fourth, fifth or sixth reels, one next to the other, it launches the free spins game. In addition to multiplied payouts, the free spins game delivers a number of no deposit spins that’s based on the number of scatters that launched the round. 

For 4 scatters you get up to 20 free spins  with a double or triple multipler. 5 scatters gives you, not only 20 free spins,  but extra wild symbols on the second through the fifth reels. For a full line of 6 records you get up to 20 spins along with wild symbols on all reels. Now you can easily complete combinations and achieve big payouts.

The free spins feature retriggers whenever 4 or more scatters appear on a free spin. Then, an additional 20 spins are added onto the current round.

Top prize in Rockin’ Reels six-reel slot machine is an astounding 6000x.